The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-09


= The final roundup" of cattle on
the Hogback mountains found several lots
of Waterbury cattle on the Middlesex side.
Would it not pay to have good fence on
the town line? 1t has cost the Waterbury
people more than $50 this summer to hunt up
and get home their cattle and pay damages
keeping, etc. So A private letter, dated
Oak Hill, Florida, October 30th, says: 1--WE
have had more rain in October than in all
the summer months. We had almost a
flood in the hammock lands once There is
considerable duck-hunting going on now
Some men get forty to fifty day. Almost
any one can get dozen. A young fellow
about nineteen or twenty shot big bear
and two deer in the hammock near our
grove last week. There are lots of big fish
caught with hook and line this fall. | got
fine cavalha and some sea trout last Monday
evening. A ffty-pound boy caught and
landed thirty-pound sea bass at Eldora
last week" - The marriage of Miss
Jennie, daughter of John Kirkland Esq,
to Mr.. w. r. Hadley of Blue Hill, Maine
took place last week Tuesday.
NorthfieId.
G. ID. EDGERToN will receive subscrip-
tions and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN. Office in Metcalfs block, over Blake's
store. - While j. G. Rice was making
his regular afternoon trip last Wednesday
with his mlk-cart his horse ran twice with
him. and the second time Mr.. Rice was
thrown off in NJ. j. Johnston's yard on
Union street and considerably bruised, the
cart being pretty badly demoralized. -
Work on the bridge is going steadily for
ward, as many men being employed as can
work TO advantage. The abutment has
been finished and the pier taken down, the
water being drawn off from the mll-poud
to facilitate the work. The relayng of the
pier has begun. A large amount of gravel
is being drawn out of the mill-pond and put
m tha Of Il H. 1.n
ing in charge of /. n. jerks. - DIR. Gill
bert left Tuesday for Morrisville. -
Miss frankie Richardson started Tuesday
for California, accompanying her sister,
Mrs. Clifford, and husband - Mrs.
Adams of ST. Johnsbury is visiting at her
fathers Denison Browns. GO Rev. w.
S. Hazen and o. ID. Edgerton went to North
Pomfret Monday on church business.
Gouldsville.
JOHN MARsDEN, Jr., of Gie, n. H., was
at home for a few days last week.
Herbert Kennedy has gone to Newport,
\. H., to work in a factory. - Mrs.
Stephen Cochrane goes this wednesday,
morning to Hudson, Mass, to visit her son,
who resides there. f. w. CoChrane accom-
panies her. - Mrs Julia Smith is to
move into the house vacated by John But
terfed. - j. w. Flint and wife of Barre
have been home on visit
THE ladies and young people of the Con-
gregational church will hold sociable in
the vestry next Friday evening. There will
be singing, recitations and readings. Re-
freshments will be furnished. - The
subject for the next meeting of the Society
of Christian Endeavor is a Bible study,
Psalm cXix. - Miss Alice Martin is
home from Maine, where she has resided
the past year. - Henry S. Laird has
gone to Canada on business connected with
the MaXtield estate. - Mrs. Simons from
Chicago, who has been visiting friends in
Cabot, is now stopping with friends here.
- Hon. w. S. Martin has a pair of
three-year-old steers that weigh 2,S46
pounds. - L. L. Knapp has moved into
his house recently purchased of Mrs. II. p.
Slayton and w. Yound has moved into a
tenement of Andrew Emerson's. - A.
&. Slayton returned last Saturday from Bos-
ton with five horses.
RoXbury.
FRANK SPALDING's house came near be-
ing burned on Monday morning, but timely
assistance saved it, The fire caught in the
roof. - Some East Hill residents report
having seen fox that was of snowy white
ness. - Miss Matte Edwards is quite
i'll. Her place as teacher in the school in
district No. is being supplied by Miss
Hannah Flint Mrs. Wiley, widow of
the late Phineas Wiley, died Sunday even
several years. - Gardner Samson of
Brooktield is visiting in town. Mrs, Frank
Martell is also here.
Waitsfield.
THE village schools closed Friday. The
following pupils belonging to the primary
department We're perfect in attendance and
punctuality for the term Florence Clapp,
Otto Bushnell, George Howe, Clayton Pero,
Blanche Joslyn, Katie Haselton, Minnie
Guyette, Curtis Guyette, Lutte Guyette,
Lena Irish, Eben Atherton and Cassius
Atherton. The last two have had no absent
or tardy marks for five terms. Lizzie
Atherton has had no absent marks for five
terms and but one tardy mark. - Elmer
Joslin, accompanied by his mother and
sister Irene, have gone to Minneapolis,
Mimi, which place they intend to make
their home in the future. They will be
greatly missed by their many friends here.
- Henry McGirk of Saratoga, n. Y,
was in town last week and sold his Nc
Allister farm TO Patrick McCarty for 81 ,450.
- f. l.. Howe & Co of Northfield
have Just erected a monument in the vii
| lage cemetery for the late G. L. Hewitt.
The stone is of Sutherland Falls marble, of
beautiful design and fine workmanship,
and, with the curbing, it required fourteen
horses to draw it. - Cassus Joslin has
nearly completed his work upon the side
walk and no one can truthfully say that he
has not faithfully carried out the contract.
! - very pretty monument was this
week erected over the grave of Fred Carle-
ton, late of Northfeld - George w.
Ray has purchased the e. o. Joslin farm
and stock, paying for the same $500.
- Mrs. G. l.. Hewitt is at home.
Warren.
| ID. II. STEELE died last week Tuesday
of Brights diease. His remains were taken
to Barre for burial Thursday. - Mrs.
| Ephraim Campbell is very sick at NJ.
| Watermans. - Mrs, Lewis Cardell has
been suffering from erysipelas the past two
weeks. - Rev. j. b. Wadron and wife
visited friends in town last week. -
! Communion services will be held in the
church next Sunday. The preparatory serv-
ice will be held Saturday afternoon.
East Warren.
THE annual meeting OF the Mite Society
and sociable, which was to have been held at
James McGlafin's last Thursday afternoon
and evening, was postponed on account Of
the funeral of Mr.. ID. II. Steele. The meet
| ing will be held tomorrow Thursday
afternoon and evening. A full attendance
| is desired. - George Brooks found one
of his horses dead in the barn one morning
last week, it having got entangled in the
! halter. - George b. Newcomb visited in
Montpelier and Barre last week. -
| Mrs. William p Harmon spent Saturday
and Sunday in Montpelier as the guest of
| Mrs W, e. Barney - Almon Worces-
ter, Mrs, Nahum Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. g.
p Stearns and daughter and Oscar Hudson
visited Boston on the excursion.
Waterbury.
T. T. FARRILL, NJ. c. Canerdy, Fred Lease
| and Lee Kirby were called TO Montpelier